Pole-guard.



PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

JQSODERBERG. POLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 30. 1904.

UNITED STATES JOSEF SODERBERG, OF IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TWVO- Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THIRDS TO ISAAC UNGER ANI) JACOB QUIST, OF IRON MOUNTAIN,

MICHIGAN.

POLE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,902, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed December 30,1904. Serial No. 288,906.

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnr SODERBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iron Mountain, in the county of Dickinson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pole-Guards, of which the following in a specification.

My invention relates particularly to poleguards for preventing the cross-lines of the reins of team-harnesses from getting caught on the free end of the pole or tongue of a vehicle; and my primary object is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character adapted to be readily connected to and disconnected from the pole.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of a pole and neck-yoke equipped with my improved guard; Fig. 2, aview showing the polecarried fastening member, partly in section and partly in side elevation; Fig. 3, a front view of the pole-carried fastening member, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the fastening member attached to the guard and adapted for ready connection to and disconnection from the tongue-carried fastening member.

In the construction shown, A represents a pole or Shaft, B a neck-yoke, and C my improved pole-guard. The guard comprises a bowed rod 0, provided at its extremities with eyes connected, by means of eyebolts 0, with the end portions of the neck-yoke. The rod is equipped with a fastening member 0 detachably connected with a fastening member 0 connected with that portion of the pole which projects beyond or in front of the neckyoke. The member 0 comprises a socket-entering portion 0 and a perforate lug 0 through which the rod 0 passes freely. The member 0 is clevis-shaped or forked, having the ends of its forks curved rearwardly and pivotally joined by a bolt 0 to the end portion of the pole, and the web or bottom of the clevis is upwardly presented and equipped with a socket 0 which is open from the front and has its upper wall provided with a slot 0 which accommodates the lug 0 when the companguard with relation to the pole.

going detailed description.

ion fastening member is entered. As thus described, the fastening members have dovetailed connection, the socket-entering portion being tapered and having its rear end rounded to insure ready entrance into the socket. The socket portion of the member 0 is equipped on its under side with a retainer-spring 0 whose rear end is riveted to the socket and whose front end is bent upwardly and projects normally in front of the channel of the socket, affording a locking-shoulder, serving to retain the member 0 in the socket. The spring is bent back upon itself to afford a thumb-piece o by means of which the spring may be retracted to permit disengagement of the fastening members. The thumb-piece has a sloping front surface, serving to cause the spring to be automatically retracted when the member 0 is forced into its socket.

The manner of use is evident. The guard C may be connected with any neck-yoke of the usual construction by providing transverse perforations in the end portions of the yoke and connecting the eyebolts thereat. The fastening member 0 may be connected with the pole by perforating the latter near its end and applying the bolt 0'. Preferably the connection is so made that the lower surface of the socket a bears upon the pole iron (Z, thereby limiting the downward swing of the member, while the upward swing is permitted to lend greater freedom of movement to the Obviously the guard serves the function of preventing the reins from getting caught beneath the end of the pole.

Changes in details within the spirit of my invention are contemplated. Hence no undue limitation should be understood from the fore- It is noted that the member 0 does not interfere with the removal of the neck-yoke from the pole.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a pole and neckyoke, of a forwardly-bowed guard connected with the neck-yoke, a fastening member carried by the pole, and a fastening member connected with the guard and disengageably joined to the tongue-carried fastening member, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a pole and neckyoke, of a forwardly-bowed guard connected with the neck-yoke, a fastening member connected with the guard, and a retaining-catch disengageably holding the fastening members in engagement with each other, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a pole and neckyoke, of a forwardly-bowed guard connected with the neckyoke, a spring-equipped socketprovided fastening member carried by the pole, and a companion fastening member connected with the guard and equipped with a socket-entering part, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination with a pole and neckyoke, of a forwardly-bowed guard connected with the neckyoke,a fastening member pivotally joined to the pole near its end and having a bearing on the pole limiting the downward swing of the member,and a disengageable companion fastening member with which said guard has sliding connection, for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination with a pole and neckyoke, of a forked fastening member having curved arms pivotally joined to the pole and equipped with an upwardly-presented socket provided with a catch, a curved guard having its extremities joined to the end portions of the neck-yoke, and a fastening member provided with a socket-entering part engaging said socket and retained by said catch, said last-named fastening member having a perforation through which the guard passes freely, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEF SODERBERG. 1n presence of R. T. MILLER, IIsAAo UNGER. 

